Phnom Penh’s lone bus line along Monivong Boulevard was significantly expanded yesterday, while two other lines are set to begin operation in the coming weeks, according to City Hall. Bus Line 1 &ndash; the current route, which operates from 5:30am to 8:30pm &ndash; will now run <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bus-lines-expand-at-fast-pace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A plAn floAted in ThAilAnd to cut stAte educAtionAl support to migrAnt workers’ children hAs drAwn the ire of rights groups, which sAy thousAnds of CAmbodiAn youths could be denied their bAsic right to educAtion. According to ThAi mediA, KAmol RodklAi, secretAry-generAl of the Office of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/migrAnt-kids-schooling-At-risk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Phnom Penh is one of the fastest-growing cities in Southeast asia. It added nearly 500,000 people between 2000 and 2010, for a total of 1.4 million. That has meant a lot of changes in a short period: more congestion, more markets, more housing. and, newcomers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/growing-pains-as-capital-keeps-expanding/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Royal Palace has granted the prestigious title of oknha to politically connected businesswoman Keat Kolney, who has been locking horns for a decade with ethnic Jarai minorities in Ratanakkiri province over hundreds of disputed hectares. Kolney &ndash; who is married to Chhan Saphann, an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rkiri-row-no-drag-on-oknha-title/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following the detention this week of homeless children as young as 1 year old at Phnom Penh’s notorious Prey Speu vocational training centre, UNICEF yesterday called for an end to street sweeps and arbitrary detentions. Three people rounded up on Sunday said in separate accounts this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unicef-slams-street-sweeps/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Preah Vihear province Try Pheap wants to turn over a new leaf.In an exclusive interview with the Post at the opening ceremony of his vast plantation in Preah Vihear province on Sunday, the media-shy tycoon spoke of a desire to cultivate a new image &ndash; <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/logging-baron-claims-tree-felling-days-over/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian military has concluded that one of its own police officers killed a prominent environmentalist then took his own life in an incident in a forest rife with illegal logging. Chut Wutty had been taking photographs on Wednesday in a forest where a Chinese company <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-officer-killed-environment-activist-then-took-own-life-army-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In April, Chut Wutty wAs shot to deAth in the CAmbodiAn forests he wAs so outspoken in defending, A slAying thAt outrAged humAn rights Activists suspicious of the conflicting explAnAtions given by police. His deAth AppeArs to be pArt of A chilling trend. Growing numbers of Activists <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/globAl-deAth-toll-of-environmentAl-Activists-rising-report-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Moments after Prak Sovannary heard the Court of appeal denied her husband’s request for bail, she sobbed over a speaker affixed to the top of a tuk-tuk, condemning the decision to about 150 supporters. “Release him! Release him!” said Sovannary, the wife of Independent Democracy of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/idea-activist-denied-bail/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Trade data from the US shows Cambodian exports to the world’s largest economy increased 6 per cent during the first six months of the year. as of June 30, Cambodian exports to the US totalled $1.4 billion, up from $1.32 billion recorded during the same six-month <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-us-trade-up-in-first-half-of-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While many have characterized the rubber industry as changing hands but not methods, one new firm is showing a level of increased accountability that may help to set a new standard for the sector. Romdoul Rubber in Ratanakiri has While many have characterized <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-industry-growth/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

One of six union leaders charged and summonsed for questioning over a strike that ended in government forces shooting dead at least five people in January has sent a message to authorities to hurry up and get his hearing over with. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-says-charges-baseless/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A British tourist wAs seriously injured on both legs yesterdAy After being gored by A wAter buffAlo while wAlking through A forest to visit A beAch on Koh Rong SAmloem. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/british-womAn-injured-by-wild-buffAlo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Malaysia’s leading armoured vehicle maker DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (DefTech) is setting its sights on Cambodia and Myanmar, said chief executive officer amril Samsudin. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/deftech-targets-cambodia-myanmar-jobs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

More than five months after the Cambodian People’s Party and the Cambodia National Rescue Party first announced a joint commitment to electoral reform following a September 16 meeting, specific measures have finally been agreed upon. The first official meeting yesterday of a bipartisan committee tasked with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-list-overhaul-eyed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) planned to invest US$235 million in two Cambodian mega projects, one of which was the modernisation of a TV station that one analyst said might not be necessary given the country’s level of development. During a meeting with Prime Minister <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-exim-bank-to-put-235m-in-steel-media/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An AustrAliAn businessmAn who once fronted A telecommunicAtions firm in CAmbodiA hAs been sent to Prey SAr prison on frAud chArges in A cAse one of his AssociAtes sAid wAs triggered by A disgruntled pArtner in A fAiled business venture. FrAnk MAy, 63, the former chief <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-investor-jAiled-After-business-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A commune officiAl in PursAt province’s VeAl Veng district hAs filed A lAwsuit Accusing A humAn rights worker of incitement And disinformAtion After villAgers the NGO stAffer spoke to trAveled to Phnom Penh to protest over A lAnd dispute involving A well-known businessmAn Try PheAp. PursAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/incitement-disinformAtion-suit-filed-AgAinst-rights-worker/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A NortheAstern section of the Mekong River thAt is home to A number of endAngered species hAs been designAted A conservAtion site by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries. A prAkAs issued by Minister ChAn SArun on April 23 officiAlly declAred A 56-kilometre section of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/flooded-forest-gets-protection/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japanese companies are facing a shortage of skilled workers which is hindering progress in Japanese-owned electronic factories, the Japanese Business association of Cambodia (JBaC) said. The statement comes after the asian Development Bank said in april that a shortage of skilled workers would continue to hinder <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japanese-companies-face-domestic-employee-shortage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>